Caligula with Mary Beard

2013
7| 1h0m| en| More Info
Released: 29 July 2013 Released
Producted By: Lion Television
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
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Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037w0qh
Synopsis

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?

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Mary Beard

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